Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Israel

Freshwater withdrawal in Israel in 2021 — 1.53 km³. Ranked 98 in the world out of 181. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 0.9%.

2021 2 km³ +19.91% vs 2020
World rank 98of 181
Period maximum 2 km³1985
Period minimum 1 km³2018

Trend over time

1970–2021 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Israel, 1970–20211112219701976198219881994200020062012201820211970: 1.54 km³1971: 1.56 km³1972: 1.57 km³1973: 1.58 km³1974: 1.59 km³1975: 1.6 km³1976: 1.61 km³1977: 1.62 km³1978: 1.63 km³1979: 1.64 km³1980: 1.65 km³1981: 1.68 km³1982: 1.71 km³1983: 1.73 km³1984: 1.75 km³1985: 1.78 km³1986: 1.76 km³1987: 1.7 km³1988: 1.67 km³1989: 1.63 km³1990: 1.57 km³1991: 1.56 km³1992: 1.55 km³1993: 1.54 km³1994: 1.53 km³1995: 1.53 km³1996: 1.55 km³1997: 1.56 km³1998: 1.58 km³1999: 1.6 km³2000: 1.61 km³2001: 1.58 km³2002: 1.54 km³2003: 1.72 km³2004: 1.42 km³2005: 1.41 km³2006: 1.39 km³2007: 1.38 km³2008: 1.37 km³2009: 1.35 km³2010: 1.34 km³2011: 1.3 km³2012: 1.26 km³2013: 1.22 km³2014: 1.18 km³2015: 1.15 km³2016: 1.2 km³2017: 1.2 km³2018: 1.11 km³2019: 1.16 km³2020: 1.28 km³2021: 1.53 km³
Change over the period: −0 (−0.87%) Average annual rate: -0.02 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Israel

Israel 2 km³
World 3,850 km³
Western Asia computed 169 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Israel, by year Israel All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2021 2 +0 +19.91%
2020 1 +0 +9.62%
2019 1 +0 +4.68%
2018 1 −0 −7.41%
2017 1 +0 +0.17%
2016 1 +0 +4.62%
2015 1 −0 −3.21%
2014 1 −0 −3.19%
2013 1 −0 −3.12%
2012 1 −0 −2.98%
2011 1 −0 −2.9%
2010 1 −0 −0.97%
2009 1 −0 −0.96%
2008 1 −0 −0.95%
2007 1 −0 −0.95%
2006 1 −0 −0.94%
2005 1 −0 −0.93%
2004 1 −0 −17.5%
2003 2 +0 +11.44%
2002 2 −0 −2.21%
2001 2 −0 −2.17%
2000 2 +0 +1.01%
1999 2 +0 +1.02%
1998 2 +0 +1.04%
1997 2 +0 +1.05%
1996 2 +0 +1.06%
1995 2 +0 +0.1%
1994 2 −0 −0.67%
1993 2 −0 −0.67%
1992 2 −0 −0.67%
1991 2 −0 −0.66%
1990 2 −0 −3.77%
1989 2 −0 −1.86%
1988 2 −0 −1.83%
1987 2 −0 −3.88%
1986 2 −0 −0.65%
1985 2 +0 +1.26%
1984 2 +0 +1.27%
1983 2 +0 +1.29%
1982 2 +0 +1.84%
1981 2 +0 +1.88%
1980 2 +0 +0.56%
1979 2 +0 +0.56%
1978 2 +0 +0.65%
1977 2 +0 +0.66%
1976 2 +0 +0.66%
1975 2 +0 +0.67%
1974 2 +0 +0.67%
1973 2 +0 +0.68%
1972 2 +0 +0.68%
1971 2 +0 +0.79%
1970 2

About the indicator

Annual freshwater withdrawal for all uses: irrigation, industry, municipal supply. More than two-thirds of global withdrawal goes to agriculture, so the volume is tied more closely to the area under irrigation than to the number of residents or the size of industry. Withdrawal is not consumption: part of the water returns to water bodies, though usually in worse condition.

Important: Withdrawal, not consumptive use. It can exceed a country's own renewable resources: the country then takes water from across the border, from non-renewable groundwater, or desalinates it.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.